The dramatick works of Thomas Shadwell, esq.
Subtitle: in four volumes.
Contributors: Shadwell, John, Sir, 1671-1747.; Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Barry, Elizabeth, ca. 1658-1713.; D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.; Knapton, James, d. 1735, bookseller.; Tonson, Jacob, d. 1737, bookseller.
Publisher: Printed for James Knapton and Jacob Tonson
Published: 1720
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Other titles: Works of Thomas Shadwell, esq.
Notes: General title appears in v. 1 only (as added t.-p.) Each vol. and each play has special t.-p.

Dedication signed by his son, John Shadwell.

Epsom-wells has prologue by Sir Charles Sedley; The true widow has prologue by John Dryden; The Lancashire witches, and Tegue-o-Divelly the Irish priest has epilogue by Elizabeth Barry; the Volunteers, or The stock-jobbers has prologues by Thomas D'Urfey and Thomas Shadwell.

Decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces, title vignettes.

Includes adaptations of Moliére, John Fountain, Claude La Rose, Sieur de Rosimond, Shakespeare, et al.

Errors in pagination: v. 1, p. 95 misnumbered 45; v. 2, p. 192 misnumbered 292; v. 3, p. 65, 243 and 269 misnumbered 95, 234 and 26 respectively, p. 279 unnumbered; v. 4, p. 67 misnumbered 97.

002-118717271 - 002-118717305.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The sullen lovers. The humourists. The royal shepherdess. The virtuoso.; title: v. 2. Psyche. The libertine. Epsom-wells. Timon of Athens.; title: v. 3. The miser. The true widow. The Lancashire witches and Tegue-o-Divelly. The woman-captain.; title: v. 4. The squire of Alsatia. Bury fair. The amorous bigot. The scrowers. The volunteers.